Tag: Five Points
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Man shot and killed in LoDo early Saturday
A man was shot and killed in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to the Denver Police Department. Around 2:15 a.m. officers were sent to the 2000 block of Larimer Street after a report of a shooting, said Nate Magee, a spokesman for the department. Officers located a man who had been shot.…
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Five Points lofts to be renovated as affordable housing in $1.25M project
The Off Broadway Lofts in Five Points will soon be renovated as affordable housing after the Denver City Council unanimously approved the $1.25 million renovation proposal with Colorado Coalition for the Homeless on Tuesday. The Off Broadway Lofts building was built in 2001 at 2135 Stout St. Of the building’s 80 units, only 20 are…
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Victim in deadly Denver shooting identified; police seek information
The man killed Saturday in a shooting in the Five Points neighborhood has been identified as Tony Bozman, the Denver Police Department announced. The deadly shooting happened at around 5:45 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of 29th Street and Arkins Court, right off of the South Platte River, police said. Bozman was found suffering from…
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Man shot, killed in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood
A man was killed Saturday evening in a shooting in the Five Points neighborhood, according to the Denver Police Department. Police said the shooting happened at around 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of 29th Street and Arkins Court, right off of the South Platte River. A man was found suffering from serious injuries and taken…
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Denver committee advances $1.25M affordable housing renovation
The Off Broadway Lofts in Five Points may soon be renovated as affordable housing after the Denver City Council housing committee advanced the renovation proposal Wednesday. The committee unanimously passed the proposal, moving it to the full council for two final votes in the coming weeks. If approved, the proposal would give a $1.25 million…
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Performer applications open for return of the Five Points Jazz Festival
Organizers of the Five Points Jazz Festival are accepting applications for the annual event, which will return in 2022 after two years of being disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The free festival, scheduled for June 4, showcases local and national jazz musicians to celebrate the cultural history of the Five Points neighborhood. Applications are being accepted…
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Once a place of ruin and hard memories, Colorado Springs native restoring childhood landmark
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save His knees won’t carry him up and down the hill he ran as a child. Now Carl Bourgeois, 71, has an ATV. Now he can drive this slice of backcountry in the middle of the neighborhood on Colorado Springs’ west side. “Let me show you…
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Denver offers grants to fund jazz events in Five Points neighborhood
Denver Arts and Venues is offering small grants throughout September to fund jazz events held in the Five Points neighborhood. The Five Points Jazz Activation grants will provide $15,000 for programs and initiatives that celebrate jazz and its legacy in Five Points, the city announced Wednesday. Applications opened Tuesday and will close at the end…
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Police seek suspect in killing of man outside Denver homeless shelter
The Denver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a fatal shooting of a man outside of a homeless shelter more than two months ago. Police said the shooting happened on June 11 about 1 a.m. in the 2300 block of Curtis Street, in front of the St. Francis…
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Woman possibly kidnapped in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood
The Denver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a truck involved in the possible kidnapping of a woman in the Five Points neighborhood on Tuesday morning. Police said witnesses reported seeing a man force a woman into a truck about 7:40 a.m. near Washington Street and Cleveland Place. The truck is…